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		</div><p>Chinese technology giant Huawei has been given the green light to build a research and development facility near Cambridge.</p>
<p>The telecommunications firm, which has faced criticism for its role in the UK’s 5G networks, submitted a planning application to South Cambridgeshire District Council.</p>
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<p>Councillors on the authority’s planning committee approved the application on Thursday by nine votes to one.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">A new 50,000 square metre R&;D facility in Sawston has received the green light</p>
<p>Councillors resolved to approve the facility for Huawei at our Planning Committee after the planning application was assessed against national guidelines and local policies<a href="https://t.co/EiyuPyC35S">https://t.co/EiyuPyC35S</a> <a href="https://t.co/QfoUJvN7an">pic.twitter.com/QfoUJvN7an</a></p>
<p>&mdash; South Cambridgeshire (@SouthCambs) <a href="https://twitter.com/SouthCambs/status/1276141126366498816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Huawei’s application had been criticised by the Trump administration in America.</p>
<p>Keith Krach, US under-secretary of state for economic growth, accused Huawei of being “an extension of the Chinese government”, The Times reported, with Mr Krach adding: “We are really concerned. It is about UK national security.”</p>
<p>Huawei insists it is an independent, privately-held company.</p>
<p>The research facility to be built in Sawston village, 11km south of Cambridge, will employ between 350 and 400 people, according to the planning application.</p>
<blockquote><p>Our application has been carefully considered for transport, ecology, heritage, visual impact, noise and air quality issues</p></blockquote>
<p>Chris Carter, delivery manager of the Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service, told councillors at the start of Thursday’s planning meeting, held by Microsoft Teams: “Members of the committee will be aware that there has been considerable local, national and international interest in this proposal over the last week or so.</p>
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<p>“Much of this attention has been focused on matters of security and international relations.</p>
<p>“I would like to remind members that in considering this application, the council can only consider the planning merits of the proposals and not the proposed occupier and user.”</p>
<p>He said members could consider matters such as landscape impact, heritage, ecology, sustainability and transport.</p>
<blockquote><p>As we seem to be entering possibly the deepest recession for many years, the question of nearly 400 jobs has to be taken very seriously</p></blockquote>
<p>Henk Koopmans, chief executive officer of Huawei Technologies Research and Development UK, told councillors that Huawei was a “long-term, major investor and partner for the EU and the UK”.</p>
<p>He said the firm had invested and operated in the UK for more than 20 years and already employed 1,600 people across 20 UK offices.</p>
<p>“Our application has been carefully considered for transport, ecology, heritage, visual impact, noise and air quality issues,” he said.</p>
<p>“The council officers are content with the plans.”</p>
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<p>Planning committee chairman John Batchelor described the application as an “excellent use of a brownfield site” and Peter Fane, Shelford ward councillor, said: “As we seem to be entering possibly the deepest recession for many years, the question of nearly 400 jobs has to be taken very seriously.”</p>
<p>Planning permission was granted subject to a series of planning obligations, called section 106 agreements.</p>
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